Malcolm Holloway
{{Short description|English speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Malcolm Holloway
| image =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth-date|22 December 1956}}
| birth_place = Stratton St Margaret, Wiltshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|5|3|1956|12|22|df=y}}
| death_place =
| career1 = Swindon Robins
| years1 = 1977–1983, 2003
| career2 = Oxford Cheetahs
| years2 = 1977
| career3 = Milton Keynes Knights
| years3 =1978, 1979
| career4 =Reading Racers
| years4 = 1984–1989, 2000, 2004
| career5 =Mildenhall Fen Tigers
| years5 = 1989
| career6 = Somerset Rebels
| years6 = 2002, 2004
| career7 =Trelawny Tigers
| years7 = 2003
| indivyear1 = 1982
| indivhonour1 = British Championship finalist
| teamyear1 =
| teamhonour1 =
}}
Malcolm Thomas Holloway (22 December 1956 – 3 May 2012) was an English speedway rider and speedway promoter.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1287/malcolm-holloway|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=22 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-speedway.com/malcolmholloway.php|title=LEGENDS: MALCOLM HOLLOWAY|website=Swindon Speedway|access-date=22 July 2021}}
Speedway career
Holloway reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=22 July 2021}} He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1977–2004, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=22 July 2021}}
He rode for Reading Racers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19880112/243/0016 |title=Malcolm goes well on Shell |website=Reading Evening Post |date=12 January 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 September 2024}} from 1984 to 1989{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19900316/411/0028 |title=Back again, Jan Andersson in action with former team-mate Malcolm Holloway |website=Reading Evening Post |date=16 March 1990 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 September 2024}} and again in 2000 and 2004.
He went on to be the promoter at Reading Racers.{{cite web |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9689868.ex-speedway-boss-dies-at-the-age-of-55/|title=Ex-speedway boss dies at the age of 55|website=Swindon Advertiser|access-date=22 July 2021}}
References
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Category:British speedway riders
Category:Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders
Category:Milton Keynes Knights riders
Category:Oxford Cheetahs riders
Category:Reading Racers riders
Category:Somerset Rebels riders
Category:Swindon Robins riders
Category:Trelawny Tigers riders
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